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Waiting for the Revolution : The British Far Left From 1956 by Smith, Evan (editor);Worley, Matthew (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Waiting for the revolution is a volume of essays examining the diverse currents of British left-wing politics from 1956 to the present day. The book is designed to complement the previous volume, Against the grain: The far left in Britain from 1956, bringing together young and established academics and writers to discuss the realignments and fissures that maintain leftist politics into the twenty-first century. The two books endeavor to historicise the British left, detailing but also seeking to understand the diverse currents that comprise ‘the far left’. Their objective is less to intervene in on-going issues relevant to the left and politics more generally, and more to uncover and explore the traditions and issues that have preoccupied leftist groups, activists and struggles. To this end, the book will appeal to scholars and anyone interested in British politics. It serves as an introduction to the far-left, providing concise overviews of organisations, social movements and campaigns. So, where the first volume examined the questions of anti-racism, gender politics and gay rights, volume two explores anti-nuclear and anti-apartheid struggles alongside introductions to Militant a

Who reads Waiting for the Revolution : The British Far Left From 1956?

Author

Smith, Evan (editor);Worley, Matthew (editor)

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781526113672

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, History, Political Science